Some papers on childrens understanding of forces, teaching activities and related areas, inclduing papers from Physics Education
Teaching Science for Understanding (Forces)
J. Minstrell. (1989). Teaching Science for Understanding. In L. Resnick and L. Klopfer (Eds.), ASCD 1989 Yearbook: Toward the Thinking Curriculum: Current Cognitive Research: ASCD.
Some papers on childrens understanding of forces, teaching activities and related areas, inclduing papers from Physics Education
Teaching Science for Understanding (Forces)
J. Minstrell. (1989). Teaching Science for Understanding. In L. Resnick and L. Klopfer (Eds.), ASCD 1989 Yearbook: Toward the Thinking Curriculum: Current Cognitive Research: ASCD.
Describing the cognitive landscape in learning and teaching about forces
Dave Heywood; Joan Parke, International Journal of Science Education, Volume 23, Number 11, 1 November 2001 , pp. 1177-1199(23)
Encouraging conceptual change: the use of bridging analogies in the teaching of action–reaction forces and the ‘at rest’ condition in physics
Tom Bryce; Kenneth MacMillan, International Journal of Science Education, Volume 27, Number 6, 16 May 2005 , pp. 737-763(27)
Learning Demand (Motion)
From Physics Education
Finding the density of a liquid using a metre rule
K N Chattopadhyay Phys. Educ. 43 No 2 (March 2008) 203-205
Finding the density of objects without measuring mass and volume
Frackson Mumba and Mesfin Tsige, Phys. Educ. 42 No 3 (May 2007) 293-295
Demonstrating kinematics and Newton's laws in a jump
Martin Kamela, Phys. Educ. 42 No 2 (March 2007) 170-172
Toys and physics
David Featonby, Phys. Educ. 40 No 6 (November 2005) 537-543
Paper proves to be stronger than wood
Héctor G Riveros, Phys. Educ. 40 No 4 (July 2005) 322-323
When equal masses don't balance
Ronald Newburgh, Joseph Peidle and Wolfgang Rueckner, Phys. Educ. 39 No 3 (May 2004) 289-293
Classical physics experiments in the amusement park
Sara Bagge and Ann-Marie Pendrill, Phys. Educ. 37 No 6 (November 2002) 507-511
**Can an egg-dropping race enhance students' conceptual understanding of air resistance?**
Yeung Chung Lee et al 2009 Phys. Educ. 44 151-158
Astroblaster—a fascinating game of multi-ball collisions
Marián Kireš Phys. Educ. 44 No 2 (March 2009) 159-164
A practical example aiding understanding momentum in 1D: the water gun experiment
Katarin MacLeod Phys. Educ. 42 No 5 (September 2007) 492-495
Let's Investigate: Teaching momentum by squirting coloured water
Gary Vezzoli Phys. Educ. 37 No 2 (March 2002) 157
Demonstrations teach sceptical students about circular motion
Ken Zetie Phys. Educ. 41 No 3 (May 2006) 207
Introducing simple harmonic motion
John Roche Phys. Educ. 37 No 6 (November 2002) 497-506
**Introducing vectors**
John Roche 1997 Phys. Educ. 32 339-345
Introducing motion in a circle
John Roche Phys. Educ. 36 No 5 (September 2001) 399-405